Edwards definition of a reign of terror is " that a reign of terror is essentially a system of government which deliberately uses terror for "social control": "It is a reign not an anarchy" (Edwards 1979 175). The aim is to control society through fear: "The most important mechanism of a...

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The people of Russia were split up into two classes the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. ... The living conditions of working class Russian family at the time was extremely poor with run down and unhygienic living conditions a serve shortage of food and the money to pay for any food that became available. ...

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As population grew plots of land became smaller and smaller, this meant peasants found it harder to sport their family each year. ... In 1903 the Social Democratic Party split into two different groups, the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. ...

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